John Parker (1827-1900) was a freedom seeker and Underground Railroad operative in Ripley, Ohio.
ESSAYS: Churchill // Miller // Sinha //
ROLES: Freedom Seeker // UGRR Operative
John Parker House, Ripley, OH (National Park Service)
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John Parker was a Quaker merchant in New Bedford, Massachusetts who assisted freedom seekers to escape by water from Norfolk, Virginia.
ESSAYS: Newby-Alexander
ROLES: UGRR Operative
Winnie Patsy was a freedom seeker who escaped from Norfolk, Virginia with her three-year-old daughter Elizabeth.
ESSAYS: Larson
ROLES: Freedom Seeker
Patty was an enslaved woman rescued from Loudon County, Virginia by Leonard Grimes in 1839.
ESSAYS: LaRoche
ROLES: Freedom Seeker
James W.C. Pennington (1807-1870) was a freedom seeker and African American minister also known as James Pembroke.
ESSAYS: Blackett // Crew // LaRoche
ROLES: Abolitionist // Freedom Seeker
James W.C. Pennington (NYPL)
Lewis Pettijohn was an antislavery activist in Sardinia, Ohio.
ESSAYS: Churchill
ROLES: UGRR Operative
José de las Piedras was a Mexican army officer who returned three freedom seekers to Louisiana in 1832.
ESSAYS: Baumgartner
ROLES:
William P. Powell was a Black abolitionist who operated the Colored Seamen’s Boarding House in New York City.
ESSAYS: Foner
ROLES: Abolitionist
Thomas Pratt was a US senator from Maryland who supported the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act.
ESSAYS: Oakes
ROLES: Proslavery Politician